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Film, Video Steam hammer, Westinghouse works Variant title: Westinghouse works / Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2 / Westinghouse works / Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2

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Title

  • Steam hammer, Westinghouse works

Other Title

  • Variant title: Westinghouse works
  • Variant title from MAVIS: Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2
  • Westinghouse works
  • Westinghouse works--Paper Print Collection. Compilation reel 2

Summary

  • From what appears to be a furnace, a large, glowing block is lifted with the help of a crane over to a table by a group of men. A hammer comes from above and pounds down on the block repeatedly as the men turn the block several times so that it will acquire a certain shape.

Names

  • Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904.

Headings

  • -  Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
  • -  Manufacturing processes--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh
  • -  Power hammers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh
  • -  Electric industry workers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh
  • -  Factories--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh

Genre

  • Industrial films
  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H45953 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 13May1904; H45953.
  • -  The first edition of Early motion pictures, 1967, p. 164, incorrectly lists the copyright registration number as H45053.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
  • -  Duration: 3:29 at 15 fps.
  • -  Viewing print (16 mm.) on reel with ten other titles.
  • -  Viewing print and dupe neg pic (35 mm.) include a pullback and 1 ft. of black; this printing error has been edited out in production of a digital file.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2899.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2206) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Filmed May 4, 1904, in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Digital files are on the American Memory exhibit: Inside an American factory. See LC online catalog record no. 2002564464.
  • -  This film, along with 20 other short films, was selected for the National Film Registry under the title Westinghouse works.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985, p. 358; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, 1995; Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 [MI]; Biograph Co. prod. records [MI]; the Internet movie database WWW site, viewed 10-23-2012; M/B/RS preliminary catalog card.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 7043 to FZA 2308.

Medium

  • 1 film reel (80 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print.
  • 1 film reel of 1 (197 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.
  • 1 film reel of 1 (80 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic.
  • 1 film reel of 1 (197 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg pic.
  • 1 roll of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
  • 1 roll of 1 (ca. 200 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos (copy 2)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5897 (viewing print)
  • FEC 1622 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2937 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2308 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0876A (paper pos)
  • Box 5699D (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96521990

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Steam hammer, Westinghouse works. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/96521990/.

APA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1904) Steam hammer, Westinghouse works. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96521990/.

MLA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Steam hammer, Westinghouse works. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96521990/>.